Bottle.



ADDISON H. RlfiGS, ()F ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

Specificaticn o Letters Patent.

BOTTLE.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed October 25,1904. Serial No. 229,931.

citizen of the United States, residing at As bury Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain i new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention embodies improvements in bottles or like receptacles, and relates partic ularly to that class of these receptacles especially designed to prevent refilling of the receptacle after the original contents have been withdrawn. The invention provides a special form of closure for the bottle adapted to be placed in position after the receptacle has been filled and which may be readily operated, so as to admit of egress of the contents of the bottle whenever necessary. The closure, however, is of a construction which makes it so difficult to introduce other contents that this operation is impracticable, and therefore not liable to be practiced, thus obviating the likelihood of persons having fraudulent intentions refilling the bottle with an inferior brand of goods for purposes of deceit and illegal gain.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings \Vhile the invention may be adapted to dif fcrent forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without dcparting from the spirit or essential features thereof,still the preferred embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in w h ich-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bottle having the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the upper portion of the bottle, the closure being shown in closed position. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the closure, however, being open.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the upper portion of a bottle or like receptacle, and the numeral 2 the neck thereof. The upper extremity of the neck 2 of the receptacle is preferably enlarged, as shown at 3. and the enlarged portion 3 is provided with a transverse opening 4, which forms an outlet and an inlet means for the receptacle. The closure of the rctwptacle comprises a transverse cork 5, adapted to be forced into the opening l and said cork being cut away upon one side, as shown at 6. Mounted in the cork is a tube 7, preferably of metal, and this tube is also provided with an opening in the length thereof adapted to register with the opening 6 in the cork 5. The openings in the cork 5 and the tube 7 are located between the ends of these parts, and these openings are therefore adapted to be thrown into register with the main opening leading through the neck 2 of the bottle and through which the contents of the receptacle must pass in being introduced and withdrawn therefrom. The cork 5 and the part 7 are designed to be permanently attached to the bottle, and for this purpose stops a re provided at opposite ends of these parts, and said stops are formed, preferably, by side portions 8 of a bail 0, said side portions being affixed to the ends of the tube 7. The bail 9 is preferably made of a flat metal strip, and the ends of the tube 8 pass through the side portions of said bail and are rigidly secured thereto in anysuitable manner, so that by pivotal movement of the bail the cork and tube parts will be rotated, so as to throw the openings there in into and out of register with the opening in the neck of the bottle. The bail 9, therefore, constitutes a handle for n'ianipulating the closure, as well as means for preventing displacement of the closure from the neck of the bottle.

In the actual use of the invention the bottle 1 is filled with its original contents before placing the closure parts 5 and 7 in position. The bottle having been filled, the parts 5 and 7 are introduced into the opening 4, and the bail 9 is permanently secured thereto. The normal position of the bail 9 is vertical or in line with the neck of the bottle, and in such position the opening 6 in the closure 5 is disposed out of register with the main outletopening of the neck 2 of the bottle, shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By pivotal move 'ment of the bail 9, however, the parts 5 and 7 are rotated, thereby bringing the opening 6 into register with the opening in the neck 2 of the bottle, whereupon the receptacle may be tilted and the contents thereof will readily pour out of the receptacle through either end of the tube 7. If the contents are not wholly withdrawn, the bail 9 may be opelated to close the receptacle whenever desired. to introduce liquid into the receptacle 1, for the reason that the outlet-passage is tortuous, and should liquid be forced into one end of the tube 7 it will pass out through the opposite end. l/Vere the said opposite end closed in the attempt to refill the receptacle the operation would be' of increased difficulty, since no air would be displaced and the seal thus established would effectively prevent the ingress of the liquid in a manner which will be readily apparent. It is therefore practically impossible to fraudulently refill the receptacle while the closure 5 is in position, and removal of this closure and the bail 9 would involve mutilation of the bottle so as to destroy the same.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is A bottle embodying a neck having a trans- It would be very diflicult, however,

verse opening therethrough, a closure fitted in the transverse opening and comprising a cork, an openended tube disposed in said cork centrally thereof and having its ends extended beyond the ends of the cork and the sides of the neck of the bottle, said tube and cork having communicating openings between the ends thereof adapted to be brought into register with the main opening in the neck upon rotation of the closure, and a bail having the sides thereof provided with openings through which the ends of the tube aforesaid pass, said bail being rigidly at tached at its sides to the end portions of the tube aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ADDISON H. RIGGS. Witnesses:

MARTIN L. FERRIs, MARGARET E. BROWN. 

